2021 BTCC Round 8 Recap

Review of Round Eight of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season was on the National Circuit at Silverstone, in Northamptonshire.

In the first race, Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driver Rory Butcher took the race win in his Toyota Corolla GR Sport. Second was Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com driver Tom Ingram in his Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance and also took Independents class win, he was three seconds behind Butcher in the end. While third place was Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing driver Dan Lloyd in his Vauxhall Astra, he was four seconds behind Butcher in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy (for drivers yet to record an overall podium finish or won outright the Jack Sears Trophy championship) was won by Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Daniel Rowbottom in his Honda Civic Type R, he finished in eighth place and was eight seconds behind Butcher in the end.




Meanwhile in the second race, Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driver Rory Butcher took the race win in his Toyota Corolla GR Sport. Second was Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com driver Tom Ingram in his Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance and also took Independents class win, he was two and half seconds behind Butcher in the end. While third place was Team BMW driver Colin Turkington in his BMW 330i M Sport, he was three seconds behind Butcher in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Daniel Rowbottom in his Honda Civic Type R, he finished in sixth place and was four seconds behind Butcher in the end.




Finally in the third race, MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square driver Jake Hill took the race win in his Ford Focus ST and also took Independents class win. Second was Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing driver Dan Lloyd in his Vauxhall Astra, he was seven tenths of a second behind Hill in the end. While third place was Laser Tools Racing driver and current BTCC Champion Ash Sutton in his Infiniti Q50, he was fourteen tenths of a second behind behind Hill in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Daniel Rowbottom in his Honda Civic Type R, he finished in ninth place and was eight seconds behind Hill in the end.




Next stop Donington Park for Round Nine of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season in two weeks time.

2021 Russian Grand Prix Review, Sir Lewis Hamilton 100th Grand Prix Win!

Review of the fifteenth round of the 2021 F1 season at Sochi Autodrom, in Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix.

Overall, the race itself was entertaining race to watch. Lando Norris took a surprise pole for Sunday's race. On a cloudy Russian Grand Prix, Norris took the lead at the start of the race until the first corner when Carlos Sainz, Jr. overtook him for the lead of the race. Norris took the lead back on lap 13.

Norris was set to win his first win, until the closing laps of the race, when rain began to fall, resulting in many of the drivers pitting for intermediate tyres, including Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was in second place behind Norris on lap 49, with Norris not pitting for tyres. The gamble backfired; on lap 51, Norris aquaplaned at turn 5, allowing Hamilton to take the lead and stayed there to win this seasons Russian Grand Prix for Sir Lewis Hamilton's fifth Grand Prix win of the season and Hamilton's one hundredth Grand Prix win in his F1 career becoming the first driver to achieve over one hundred wins in doing so.

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While, Max Verstappen finished in second place in the Red Bull despite starting from the back of the grid after an power-unit change before qualifying, Verstappen was fifty-three seconds behind Hamilton at the end.

Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz, Jr. finished in third place in the other Ferrari to complete the podium, Sainz, Jr. was sixty-two seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-three lap race.

Now with seven races to go, Sir Lewis Hamilton win in Sochi and Max Verstappen only managing a second place finish, Lewis Hamilton's retake the lead of the F1 Drivers' Standings has been reduce from five points behind to two points ahead of Max Verstappen in the standings with seven races to go.

While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now improved from eighteen points to thirty-three points for Red Bull who are second in the Constructors' Standings with seven races to go.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fifth)

Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 10 (finished second)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished ninth)

McLaren - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished fourth)
Lando Norris - 10 (pole, finished seventh, fastest lap)

Aston Martin - 5
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished eleventh)

Alpine - 7
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished sixth)
Esteban Ocon - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)

Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 9 (finished third)

AlphaTauri - 5
Pierre Gasly - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Yuki Tsunoda - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)

Alfa Romeo - 7
Kimi Räikkönen - 9 (finished eighth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 6 (finished sixteenth, lap down)

Haas - 4
Mick Schumacher - 5 (DNF, Oil leak)
Nikita Mazepin - 4 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)

Williams - 6
George Russell - 8 (finished tenth)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (DNF, Accident damage)


Next stop Intercity Istanbul Park for the Turkish Grand Prix Grand Prix in two weeks time.

Top Six longest winning drought by a team in Formula 1

In the recent Grand Prix at Monza, Daniel Ricciardo won the race and McLaren's first win for one hundred and seventy-one Grand Prixs'. So this post is the Top Six longest winning drought by a team in Formula 1! rules are simple for this any team can count, even in a previous time-line can count. It must be in their own time-line. We not counting Team Lotus/Lotus F1 Team for example that is two different teams and two different time-lines.

Starting with number 6:

Number 6: McLaren, 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix - 2021 Italian Grand Prix (9 seasons)
Story: McLaren's last win before that came at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix when Jenson Button won the race. Nine seasons and one hundred and seventy-one Grand Prixs' later, McLaren won the 2021 Italian Grand Prix with Daniel Ricciardo.

Number 5: Stewart/Jaguar/Red Bull, 1999 European Grand Prix - 2009 Chinese Grand Prix (10 seasons)
Story: With Johnny Herbert winning the 1999 European Grand Prix in the Stewart, it took the team to win their next Grand Prix ten seasons and one hundred and sixty-two Grand Prixs' later to do it. With include selling the team to Ford in the middle of 1999 and re-branding it as Jagaur in 2000 and then selling the team to Red Bull in late 2004 and re-branding it as Red Bull Racing in 2005 to win the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel.

Number 4: Toro Rosso/AlphaTuari, 2008 Italian Grand Prix - 2020 Italian Grand Prix (12 seasons)
Story: With Sebastian Vettel winning the 2008 Italian Grand Prix in the Toro Rosso, it took the team (and a team re-brand to AlphaTuari) to to win their next Grand Prix twelve seasons and two hundred and twenty-seven Grand Prixs' later back at Monza for Pierre Gasly to win the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

Number 3: Ligier, 1981 Canadian Grand Prix - 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (15 seasons)
Story: With Jacques Laffite winning the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix in the Ligier, it took the team to to win their next Grand Prix fifteen seasons and two hundred and thirty-four Grand Prixs' later to win the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix with Olivier Panis behind the wheel.

Number 2: Jordan/Midland/Spyker/Force India/Racing Point 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix - 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (18 seasons)
Story: With Giancarlo Fisichella winning the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix in the Jordan, it took the team to win their next Grand Prix eighteen seasons and three hundred and thirty-four Grand Prixs' later to do it. With include selling the team to the Midland Group at the start of 2005 and re-branding it as Midland in 2006 and then selling the team to Spyker at the end of 2006 and re-branding it as Spyker in 2007; then selling the team to Vijay Mallya at the end of 2007 and re-branding it as Force India in 2008, and then the team went into administration in the middle of 2018 bought by Lawrence Stroll re-branding it to Racing Point in 2019 to win the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix with Sergio Pérez behind the wheel. Now the team is re-branded to Aston Martin in 2021.

Number 1: Tyrrell/B.A.R./Honda Racing, 1983 Detroit Grand Prix - 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix (23 seasons)
Story: With Michele Alboreto winning the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix in the Tyrrell, it took the team to win their next Grand Prix eighteen seasons and three hundred and thirty-four Grand Prixs' later to do it. With include selling the team to BAT in late 1997 and re-branding it as B.A.R in 1999 and then selling the team to Honda at the start of 2005 and re-branding it as Honda Racing in 2006 to win the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix with Jenson Button behind the wheel. Honda sold the team to Ross Brawn and Nick Fry in 2009 re-branding as Brawn. Then in late 2009 Mercedes bought the team, now the team is re-branding to Mercedes in 2010 as they are currently now.

Hopefully this record doesn't get broken.

Confirmed: Haas F1 Team retains both Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin till 2022

It was confirmed yesterday (23/9/21), that Haas F1 Team will retain both Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin through to the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season.

Schumacher currently sits nineteenth place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of twelfth place at the Hunganoring in August.

While Mazepin sits twenty-first place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of fourteenth place at Baku in June.

Overall, good decision from Haas to keep both Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for next season.

2021 F1 Russian Grand Prix Predictions

Predictions for this weekends Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom near Sochi. The home Grand Prix for Nikita Mazepin.

So Predictions for the race, for the win, I predict Lewis Hamilton for the race win in the Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas second in the other Mercedes, and third place for Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Don't forget Sergio Pérez, the McLaren drivers', the Aston Martin drivers, the Alpine drivers, the Ferrari drivers, and Pierre Gasly as-well as-well for a podium place.

2021 BTCC Round 7 Recap

Review of Round Seven of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season was at Croft, in North Yorkshire.

In the first race, Laser Tools Racing driver Aiden Moffat took the race win in his Infiniti Q50 and also took Independents class win. Second was MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square driver Jake Hill in his Ford Focus ST, he was half a second behind Moffat in the end. While third place was BTC Racing driver Senna Proctor in his Honda Civic Type R, he was two seconds behind behind Moffat in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy (for drivers yet to record an overall podium finish or won outright the Jack Sears Trophy championship) was won by Laser Tools Racing driver Carl Boardley in his Infiniti Q50, he finished in fifteenth place and was eleven seconds behind Moffat in the end.



Meanwhile in the second race, MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square driver Jake Hill took the race win in his Ford Focus ST. Second was Laser Tools Racing driver Aiden Moffat in his Infiniti Q50 and also took Independents class win, he was five seconds behind Hill in the end. While third place was BTC Racing driver Josh Cook in his Honda Civic Type R, he was eleven seconds behind behind Hill in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Racing with Wera and Photon Group driver Sam Osborne in his Ford Focus ST, he finished in thirteenth place and was thirteen seconds behind Hill in the end.



Finally in the third race, Team BMW driver Colin Turkington took the race win in his BMW 330i M Sport. Second was Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Gordon Shedden in his Honda Civic Type R and also took Independents class win, he was three and half seconds behind Turkington in the end. While third place was Laser Tools Racing driver and current BTCC Champion Ash Sutton in his Infiniti Q50, he was four seconds behind behind Turkington in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Daniel Rowbottom in his Honda Civic Type R, he finished in ninth place and was twenty seconds behind Turkington in the end.



Next stop Silverstone for Round Eight of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship season in a weeks time.

2021 San Marino MotoGP Review, Jordi Torres 2021 MotoE Champion!

Review of the fourteenth round of the 2021 MotoGP season at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, on the outskirts of Misano Adriatico in east of Italy for the San Marino GP.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia on his works Ducati Desmosedici GP21.

Second place was Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo on his works Yamaha YZR-M1, he was four tenths of a second behind Bagnaia at the end. While, third was Avintia Esponsorama rider and Current Moto2 Champion Enea Bastianini on his Desmosedici GP19, he was five seconds behind Bagnaia at the end of the race.

In the Moto2 race (Inline-three four-stroke class), that race was won by Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Raúl Fernández on the Kalex.

Second was Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Remy Gardner on the Kalex, he was four tenths of a second behind Fernández at the end of the race. While, third was Kipin Energy Aspar Team rider Arón Canet on the Boscoscuro, he was five tenths of a second behind Fernández at the end of the race.

While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Leopard Racing rider Dennis Foggia on the Honda. Second was Avintia VR46 Academy rider Niccolò Antonelli on the KTM, he was six tenths of a second behind Foggia at the end of the race. While, third was Rivacold Snipers Team rider Andrea Migno on the Honda, he was eight tenths of a second behind Foggia at the end of the end of the race.

Finally in the MotoE race (a single make class with all the riders riding the Energica Ego MotoE bike), Saturday race was won by Pons Racing 40 rider and Current MotoE Champion Jordi Torres. Second Dynavolt Intact GP rider Dominique Aegerter, he was two tenths of a second behind Torres at the end. While, third was Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse rider Mattia Casadei, he was four tenths of a second behind Torres at the end.

For Sunday race was won by Indonesian E-Racing Gresini MotoE rider Matteo Ferrari. Second was Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse rider Mattia Casadei, he was three tenths of a second behind Ferrari at the end. While, third was LCR E-Team rider Miquel Pons, he was a second behind Ferrari at the end.

Finally, Pons Racing 40 rider and Current MotoE Champion Jordi Torres finish thirteenth place, he was forty-five seconds behind Ferrari at the end. Thirteenth place finish was enough to give Jordi Torres the 2021 MotoE title. Jordi Torres was 7 points ahead of Dominique Aegerter. Contracts to Jordi Torres for winning his second MotoE championship.

Finally it was confirmed on Friday (17/9/21), Moto2 rider Marco Bezzecchi will graduate to MotoGP next year with VR46 Racing Team, riding a Ducati Desmosedici alongside Luca Marini.

Bezzecchi currently sits third in the Moto2 standings, with a best finish of a race win at the Red Bull Ring.

MotoGP rider news Yamaha edition

It was confirmed yesterday (16/8/21), Petronas Yamaha SRT rider Franco Morbidelli will switch over to the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team for the rest of the season and for the next two-years till the end of 2023 alongside Fabio Quartararo at the team replacing Maverick Viñales.

Morbidelli currently sits seventeenth in the standings with a third at Jerez early in the season, despite being injured throughout the season. Morbidelli finished second in the standings last season with three wins in the premier class.

It was also confirmed yesterday (16/8/21), former Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso will replace Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha SRT for the rest of the season alongside Valentino Rossi. Dovizioso also sign a one-year deal for 2022 when the team will be re-branded to RNF MotoGP Racing, no word on his team-mate for next season.

Dovizioso finished fourth in the standings last season with a win, Dovizioso took a year away from the premier class this season until the late call up to ride on a factory spec Yamaha for the remainder of the season.

Confirmed: Aston Martin F1 Team retains both Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll till 2022

It was confirmed yesterday (15/9/21), that Aston Martin will retain both Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll through to the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season.

Vettel currently sits twelfth place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of second place at Baku in June.

While Stroll sits thirteenth place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of seventh place at Monza last time out.

Overall, a very good decision from Aston Martin to keep both Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll for next season.

Overall, the right choice for Aston Martin going into 2022.

2021 WRC Round 9 recap - Acropolis Rally of Greece

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round Nine of Acropolis Rally of Greece.

Last weekends was the ninth round of the World Rally Championship at Acropolis Rally of Greece (9th-12th September) that was won by Kalle Rovanperä in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.

While, Ott Tänak finished second in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Tänak was forty-two seconds behind Rovanperä at the end. Meanwhile, Current WRC Champion Sébastien Ogier finished third in his works Toyota Yaris WRC, Ogier was seventy-one seconds behind Rovanperä at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by Toksport WRT driver Andreas Mikkelsen in his Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. Andreas Mikkelsen finished in ninth place overall, he was nine minutes behind Rovanperä at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-3 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Kajetan Kajetanowicz in his own backed Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. Kajetan Kajetanowicz finished in eleventh place overall, he was eleven and half minutes behind Rovanperä at the end of the rally.

Next stop, Round Ten of the 2021 WRC season for Rally Finland in three weeks time.

2021 Aragon MotoGP Review

Review of the thirteenth round of the 2021 MotoGP season at Motorland Aragón, on the outskirts of Alcañiz in east of Spain for the Aragon GP.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia on his works Ducati Desmosedici GP21.

Second place was Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Marquez on his works Honda RC213V, he was seven tenths of a second behind Bagnaia at the end. While, third was Team Suzuki Ecstar rider and Current MotoGP Champion Joan Mir on his works Suzuki GSX-RR, he was four seconds behind Bagnaia at the end of the race.

In the Moto2 race (Inline-three four-stroke class), that race was won by Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Raúl Fernández on the Kalex.

Second was Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Remy Gardner on the Kalex, he was five seconds behind Fernández at the end of the race. While, third was Elf Marc VDS Racing Team rider Augusto Fernández on the Kalex, he was seven seconds behind Fernández at the end of the race.

While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Leopard Racing rider Dennis Foggia on the Honda. Second was Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider Deniz Öncü on the KTM, he was four hundredths of a second behind Foggia at the end of the race. While, third was Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider Ayumu Sasaki on the KTM, he was six tenths of a second behind Foggia at the end of the end of the race.

2021 Italian Grand Prix Review, Daniel Ricciardo WINS!

Review of the fourteenth round of the 2021 F1 season at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, near Milan, for the Italian Grand Prix.

Its the race that Max Verstappen wants to forget, Verstappen was on pole for Sunday's race. At the sunny Italian Grand Prix. Verstappen had a poor start giving Daniel Ricciardo the lead with Verstappen relegated to second place, by lap 22 Verstappen pitted for tyres and had a poor pit-stop.

Then at the start of lap 26, Sir Lewis Hamilton came out of pits from his pist-stop, came side by side with Verstappen on the pit exit. They went wheel-to-wheel through turn 1 and in turn 2, they made contact. Verstappen bounced over a sausage curb, forcing him to slide over the top of Hamilton’s car. Both drivers were okay, but were forced to retire. The crash brought out the safety car. This was Hamilton's first retirement since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix. After the race, the stewards decided that Verstappen was predominantly at fault and so gave him a three-place grid drop for the Russian Grand Prix.

In my opinion, it was more of a racing incident then one the drivers fault. I think stewards saw something that is Verstappen fault, therefore three-place grid drop was a fair penalty from the stewards.

After the safety car went in it was Daniel Ricciardo race to the end to win this seasons Italian Grand Prix for Ricciardo's first race win of the season, his first Grand Prix win since Monaco 2018 and McLaren's since 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix when Jenson Button won the race.

While, Lando Norris finished in second place in the other McLaren for McLaren's first one-two finish of the season and their first since Canada 2010, Norris was two seconds behind Ricciardo at the end.

Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the Mercedes to complete the podium despite starting from the back of the grid after an power-unit change before qualifying, Bottas was five seconds behind Ricciardo at the end of the fifty-three lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.




Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 6 (DNF, Collision with Verstappen)
Valtteri Bottas - 10 (finished third)

Red Bull Racing - 6
Max Verstappen - 7 (pole, DNF, Collision with Hamilton)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished fifth)

McLaren - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 10 (race win, fastest lap)
Lando Norris - 9 (finished second)

Aston Martin - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (finished twelfth)
Lance Stroll - 7 (finished seventh)

Alpine - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished eighth)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished tenth)

Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished fourth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished sixth)

AlphaTauri - 5
Pierre Gasly - 5 (DNF, Suspension)
Yuki Tsunoda - 5 (DNS, Brakes)

Alfa Romeo - 6
Robert Kubica - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 7 (finished thirteenth)

Haas - 4
Mick Schumacher - 4 (finished fifteenth)
Nikita Mazepin - 4 (DNF, Power unit)

Williams - 6
George Russell - 7 (finished ninth)
Nicholas Latifi - 6 (finished eleventh)


Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in two weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.

2021 Italian Grand Prix - Saturday's Sprint Race Review

Review of the fourteenth round of the 2021 F1 season at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, near Milan, for Saturday's Sprint Race at the Italian Grand Prix.

It was controlling sprint race from Valtteri Bottas in the Mercedes. On pole for Saturday's race, Bottas took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout to lead all the eighteen laps to win the Sprint Race to give Valtteri Bottas the three points. But, the not the pole due to exceeding his quota of Power-Unit elements for the season; resulting Bottas to start the race from the back of the grid for Sunday, giving Max Verstappen the pole for tomorrows race.

While, Max Verstappen finished in second place in the Red Bull, Verstappen was two seconds behind Bottas at the end.

Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo finished in third place in the McLaren to complete the podium, Ricciardo was fourteen seconds behind Bottas at the end of the eighteen lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



The Italian Grand Prix tomorrow.

F1 2021 Italian Grand Prix Predictions

Predictions for this weekends Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, near Milan. For the home race for both Ferrari, AlphaTauri teams and the home Grand Prix of Antonio Giovinazzi.

So Predictions for the race, for the win I predict Max Verstappen for the race win in the Red Bull, Lewis Hamilton second in the Mercedes, and third place for Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari. Don't forget Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz Jr., the Aston Martin drivers, the Alpine drivers, the McLaren drivers, and Pierre Gasly as-well for a podium place.

Confirmed: Alexander Albon joins Williams F1 Team for 2022 season

It was confirmed yesterday (8/9/21), that former Red Bull driver Alexander Albon will race with Williams F1 Team for 2022 season, returning to the sport after a year on the sidelines, alongside Nicholas Latifi, completing the team's driver line-up for 2022.

Albon will remain in the Red Bull family for 2022, despite he will not racing in either Red Bull team in 2022, means he could return to either team for 2023.

Albon made his Grand Prix debut in F1 at the start of the 2019 for Scuderia Toro Rosso (now called AlphaTauri), after some impressive drives with the team, Albon moved to Red Bull Racing in the middle of the 2019 replacing Pierre Gasly, resulted multiple top six finishes for the rest of the season.

Despite a few podiums during 2020 season, Albon lost his drive at Red Bull demoted to the role of reserve and development driver for 2021, replaced him with Sergio Pérez. Albon only racing this season is with a Red Bull backed Ferrari in DTM, Albon currently sits sixth in the standings.

In my opinion, this was no big surprise this news happen, which has been strongly rumoured. Also, outgoing driver (and friend) George Russell wanted him to replace him at Williams for 2022 despite other drivers could have the drive with the team such as Nyck de Vries (Mercedes backed) or Guanyu Zhou (Alpine backed) taking his spot.

Things are looking up for the Williams team in 2022.

Confirmed: Scuderia AlphaTauri retains both Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda till 2022

It was confirmed yesterday (7/9/21), that Scuderia AlphaTauri will retain both Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda through to the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season, on a one year deals.

Gasly currently sits eighth place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of third place at Baku in June.

While Tsunoda sits thirteenth place in the Drivers' standings, best finish of sixth place at the Hunganoring back in August.

Overall, a very good decision from AlphaTauri to keep both Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda for next season.

Overall, the right choice for AlphaTauri going into 2022.

It's Official - George Russell joins Mercedes GP for 2022 season

It was confirmed yesterday (7/9/21), that Williams driver George Russell will race at Mercedes next season alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton replacing Valtteri Bottas, rumoured to be on a multi-year deal with the team.

The Mercedes junior driver who filled for Hamilton at last seasons Sakhir Grand Prix, will fill the vacancy which opened when Bottas opted to moved to Alfa Romeo next season.

So far this season Russell sits fifteenth in the Drivers' Standings with thirteen points, with his best race finish of second at Spa back in August.

In my opinion, this is not a big surprise this news happen. It has been strongly rumoured since last seasons Sakhir Grand Prix when Russell out-performed Bottas in Mercedes. When that race happen, it was a matter of when Russell gets the Mercedes drive full time.

Its great news for the Mercedes team as they have got a talented Grand Prix driver in George Russell.

Confirmed: Valtteri Bottas joins Alfa Romeo Racing for 2022 season on a multi-year deal

It was confirmed this afternoon (6/9/21), that Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has signed on a multi-year deal (rumoured till the end of 2024) to replace Kimi Räikkönen at Alfa Romeo Racing from the 2022 season.

Bottas currently sits third in the Drivers' Standings with one hundred and twenty-three points, with his best race finish of second place at Austria.

In my opinion, this is not a big surprise this news happen. It has been rumoured since the British Grand Prix that Bottas will sign with Alfa Romeo for next season. With the news of Bottas leaving Mercedes, that means George Russell will replace Bottas at Mercedes, that will be set to confirm within a matter of days.

A new challenge ahead for Valtteri Bottas.

2021 Dutch Grand Prix Review

Review of the thirteenth round of the 2021 F1 season at Circuit Zandvoort, on the outskirts of Zandvoort, for the Dutch Grand Prix.

It was a dominating race weekend from Max Verstappen. Verstappen was on pole for Sunday's race. At the sunny Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout to win this seasons Dutch Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's seventh race win of the season.

While, Current Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was twenty-one seconds behind Verstappen at the end.

Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was fifty-six seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the seventy-two lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished third)

Red Bull Racing - 9
Max Verstappen - 10 (pole, race win)
Sergio Pérez - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)

McLaren - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Lando Norris - 8 (finished tenth, lap down)

Aston Martin - 5
Sebastian Vettel - 5 (finished thirteenth, two laps down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished twelfth, two laps down)

Alpine - 8
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished sixth, lap down)
Esteban Ocon - 7 (finished ninth, lap down)

Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 7 (finished fifth, lap down)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)

AlphaTauri - 7
Pierre Gasly - 10 (finished fourth, lap down)
Yuki Tsunoda - 5 (DNF, Power unit)

Alfa Romeo - 6
Robert Kubica - 6 (finished fifteenth, two laps down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 7 (finished fourteenth, two laps down)

Haas - 3
Mick Schumacher - 4 (finished eighteenth, three laps down)
Nikita Mazepin - 3 (DNF, Hydraulics)

Williams - 5
George Russell - 6 (finished seventeenth/DNF, three laps down/Gearbox)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)


Next stop Monza for the Italian Grand Prix in a weeks time.

Kimi Räikkönen out of Dutch Grand Prix, Räikkönen tests positive for Covid-19, Robert Kubica replaces Räikkönen

It was confirmed yesterday (4/9/21), that Alfa Romeo's Kimi Räikkönen has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix. Robert Kubica replacing him for this weekend (possibly next weekend's Italian Grand Prix too).

Räikkönen is the seventh Formula 1 driver to test positive from the virus after Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc (all three had the virus during pre-season).

Räikkönen has gone into self-quarantine, along with all his close contacts, as per F1's track-and-trace system.

Räikkönen participated in Friday practice at Zandvoort but news of his positive test was announced early on Saturday morning.

Alfa Romeo said Räikkönen displayed “Kimi is displaying no symptoms and is in good spirits,”

Alfa Romeo outlined that no other members of its team had been impacted by Raikkonen’s positive test.

Robert Kubica, who last raced in Formula 1 with Williams back in 2019. Is currently Alfa Romeo's test-driver, will step in to replace Raikkonen, making his Grand Prix return once again alongside Antonio Giovinazzi for this weekends Dutch Grand Prix.

Kubica, qualified in eighteenth place, nine tenths off getting into Q2.

Anyway, get well soon to Kimi Räikkönen. Also, stay safe everyone.

It's Official - Kimi Räikkönen retire from F1 at the end of the season

It was confirmed yesterday (1/9/21) that Kimi Räikkönen will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, which means the Finn will thus be leaving Formula 1 after nineteen seasons thus far, which includes twenty-one Grand Prix victories and one F1 Drivers' title.

Räikkönen made the announcement during via a social media post, confirming his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season.

Räikkönen career in Formula 1 started when he stepped up with Sauber back in 2001 only having twenty-three races in the lower formulas, contesting a season with the team with his debut race finishing sixth place at Australian Grand Prix and a best result of two fourth place finishes at the Austrian and the Canadian Grand Prixs'.

Räikkönen move to McLaren in 2002. In 2003, Räikkönen won the Malaysian Grand Prix, finishing second place in the drivers' standings in 2003 and again in 2005. Overall winning nine Grand Prixs during his time at McLaren.

By the end of 2006, Räikkönen announced that he would be moving to Ferrari for 2007 replacing Michael Schumacher. Winning six Grand Prixs' that season to become F1 World Champion ahead of both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton by just one point after the dramatic season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.

Then in 2010, Räikkönen left Ferarri after three seasons which include nine Grand Prix wins and and one Drivers' Title. Rumoured he was returning to McLaren for 2010, Räikkönen opted to rally instead to race in the WRC with Citroen for two seasons, finishing tenth in the Drivers standings in 2010 and 2011 with a best finish of fifth at Rally Turkey in 2010.

By the end of 2011 with rumours he was going to race for Williams in 2012, Räikkönen announced that he would be returning to Formula 1 with Lotus for 2012 and 2013, winning two Grand Prixs' and finishing third place in the drivers' standings in 2012.

By the end of 2013, Räikkönen opted a return to Ferrari for 2014, staying till the end of 2018, winning a Grand Prix and finishing third place in the drivers' standings in 2018.

By the end of 2018, Räikkönen opted return to Sauber (now Alfa Romeo) for 2019, best result of fourth place at 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix. So far this season, he only managed two tenth place finsihes at Baku and the Hunganoring. To conclude Räikkönen retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the season.

Should have been F1 World Champion back in 2003 and 2005 to add his 2007 titles in my opinion becoming a three-times world champion instead of a one-times champion.

Its the right time to retire from Formula 1 (he will be 42 at the end of the season), his got nothing to prove. Good luck whatever Kimi Räikkönen does next, as his been a great ambassador for the sport and a great driver for Formula 1.